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O. F, FROST.

ALARM FOR POISON BEOEPTAOLES. No. 349,641. Patented Sept. 21, 1886.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR F. FROST, OF M'ONMOUTH, MAINE.

ALARM FOR POlSON-RECEP TACLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,641, dated SeptemberZl, 1886.

Application filed April 3, 1886. Serial No. 197,613. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern; A

Be it known that I, OsciiR F. FROST, of

.Monmouth, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, have invented a new and 1mproved Alarm for Poison- Receptacles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to the construction of an apparatus designed to be used in connection with bottles, boxes, or other packages containing poisons, the object of the invention being to sound an alarm when the package is taken in hand, and thus notify the party lifting the package of the nature of its contents.

My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which thefigure is a perspective view of my improved poison-indicator.

The indicator constituting the subj cot-matter of this application, and illustrated in the drawing above referred to, consists, essentially, of a bell, A, of appropriate size, suspended from a standard, B, said standard being provided with appropriate means for connection with the main body of the package or its cover. In the particular construction illustrated the standard B is in the form of a wire loop or arch that is carried by a plate, 0, said plate being formed withlugs a a, which may be bent down and clamped upon the stopper D of the bottle E;

I do not limit myself to any specific means of 33 attaching the bell to the package or its cover,

the vital point of the invention being to suspend the bell so that it will be free to swing upon its connection, and will so swing every time the package by which it is carried is moved.

One of the greatest advantages arising from the use of the attachment described is that when used in drugstores, not only is the druggist himself notified, but any customers he may have in the store are also notifiedof the nature of the contents of the package which the druggist is handling.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1." An indicator for poison-receptacles, comprising the attaching-plate 0, having clamping lugs or ears on on its outer edge and a vertical loop on its upper surface, and the bell A, hung on the cross-piece of the said loop, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination,-with the stopper having a flange, of the attaching-plate 0, having lugs a engaging the flange of the stopper, the loop B, projecting from the upper face of plate 0, and the bell A, suspended within the loop, substantially as set forth.

OSCAR F. FROST.

Witnesses:

FRANK H. BEALE, CAROLINE A. BEALE. 

